Generalization Exercise For each of the following groups, write out one clear, concise, direct sentence which clearly expresses the change over time that the factual information listed could support (the equivalent of a topic sentence). For one bit of specific factual information, write one clear, concise, direct sentence which provides interpretive commentary (shows HOW and WHY the information supports the topic sentence). Group 1 Stamp Act Intolerable Acts Proclamation of 1763 Admiralty Courts Writes of Assistance New York Suspending Act Topic sentence Interpretive commentary Group 2 Egalitarianism Republican Motherhood Manumission Primogeniture Disestablishment Enfranchisement Topic sentence Interpretive commentary 1 Group 3 Boston Massacre Non-consumption Agreements Sons of Liberty Boston Tea Party Suffolk Resolves Lexington and Concord Topic sentence Interpretive Commentary Group 4 Land Ordinance of 1785 Treaty of Paris of 1783 United States of America Township system Confederal system Transitional phase Topic sentence Interpretive commentary 2 Group 5 Division of powers Bill of Rights Checks and Balances State Constitutions Federal system Separation of powers Topic sentence Interpretive commentary Group 6 Confederal system Power to tax Right of Deposit Continentals Northwest Forts Interstate trade wars Topic sentence Interpretive commentary 3 Association Chains Bank War -? -? -? -? - ?.................... Federalism 1790s -? -? -? -? - ?.................... Manifest destiny -? -? -? -? - ?.................... Salutary neglect -? -? -? -? - ?.................... Agrarian reform -? -? -? -? - ?.................... Cold war -? -? -? -? - ?.................... New imperialism -? -? -? -? - ?.................... Reconstruction -? -? -? -? - ?.................... British re-exertion of control - 1760s -? -? -? -? - ?.................... Fear of change and difference - post WW I -? -? -? -? - ?.................... 4